The 2019 North Dakota State Bison softball team was an American college softball team that represented North Dakota State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I softball season. The Bison were led by Darren Mueller in his 18th season, and played their home games at Tharaldson Park. They competed in the Summit League, where they finished the season with a 42–16 record, also finishing 16–2 in conference play.

The Bison won the Summit League Tournament, and qualified for the 2019 NCAA Division I softball tournament. NDSU lost both games in the Minneapolis Regional, first to 12th ranked Minnesota and second to 25th ranked Drake.

Personnel

Roster 2019 North Dakota State Bison Roster Pitchers 5 – KK Leddy – senior 9 – Paige Vargas – freshman 10 – Kara O'Byrne – sophomore 27 – Morgan Olson – sophomore

Catchers 7 – Avery Wysong – freshman 26 – Maddie Hansen – senior

Outfielders 2 – Madyson Camacho – junior 12 – Stephanie Soriano – junior 21 – Katie Shoultz – senior Infielders 3 – Julia Luciano – senior 15 – Nicole Licea – freshman 17 – Vanessa Anderson – senior 18 – Zoe Stavrou – senior 19 – Montana Decamp – junior 33 – Cameryn Maykut – freshman 37 – Sam Koehn – sophomore

Utility/DesignatedPlayer 4 – Cara Beatty – sophomore 6 – Lauren Reimers – junior Reference:

Coaching staff 2019 North Dakota State Coaching Staff Name Position Darren Mueller Head coach Gerice Olson Assistant coach Melissa Chmielewski Assistant coach Reference:

Schedule 2019 North Dakota State Bison softball game logRegular season (38-13)February (7-6) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecordFebruary 9 UTSA Bobcats Softball StadiumSan Marcos, TX 6-2 Leddy (1-0) Nelson (0-1) None 641 1-0 -February 10 Abilene Christian Bobcats Softball Stadium 6-5 Leddy (2-0) Bradley (0-1) None 587 2-0 -February 10 at Texas State Bobcats Softball Stadium 1-9(5) Barrera (0-1) Leddy (2-1) None 587 2-1 -February 11 at Texas State Bobcats Softball Stadium 4-3(10) Vargas (1-0) King (0-1) None 364 3-1 -February 14 Northern Colorado Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 4-0 Leddy (3-1) Vidal (0-1) None 75 4-1 -February 14 #12 Arkansas Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 6-7 Storms (1-0) Vargas (1-1) None 263 4-2 -February 15 #5 Washington Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 3-5 Plain (1-0) Leddy (3-2) None 150 4-3 -February 16 Southern Illinois Puerto Vallarta, Mexico 9-10 Jones (1-0) Leddy (3-3) None 150 4-4 -February 22 at #22 Auburn Jane B. Moore FieldAuburn, AL 1-4 Martin (1-0) Vargas (1-2) None 1779 4-5 -February 22 Troy Jane B. Moore Field 3-2(9) Leddy (4-3) Willis (0-1) None 1779 5-5 -February 23 at #22 Auburn Jane B. Moore Field 2-10(5) Handley (0-1) Leddy (4-4) None 2098 5-6 -February 23 Villanova Jane B. Moore Field 6-1 Leddy (5-4) Amarillas (0-1) None 69 6-6 -February 24 Eastern Illinois Jane B. Moore Field 9-6 Vargas (2-2) Montgomery (0-1) None 111 7-6 -March (17-5) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecordMarch 1 Cal Poly Boyd & Jill Smith Family StadiumStanford, CA 8-0 Leddy (6-4) Best (0-1) None 338 8-6 -March 1 Montana Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 5-2 Vargas (3-2) Driscoll (0-1) Leddy (1) 338 9-6 -March 2 Northwestern Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 0-7 Wilkey (1-0) Leddy (6-5) None 334 9-7 -March 2 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium Canceled 9-7 -March 3 at Stanford Boyd & Jill Smith Family Stadium 2-3 Pancino (1-0) Vargas (3-3) None 497 9-8 -March 8 Illinois State Felsbgerg FieldMiami, FL 4-0 Vargas (4-3) Day (0-1) None 42 10-8 -March 8 at FIU Felsbgerg Field 1-2 Kugelmann (1-0) Leddy (6-6) Muraskin (1) 103 10-9 -March 9 Notre Dame FAU Softball StadiumBoca Raton, FL 2-3 Tidd (1-0) O'Byrne (0-1) Holloway (1) 583 10-10 -March 9 Purdue FAU Softball Stadium 1-4 Bates (1-0) Vargas (4-4) Echazarreta (1) 64 10-11 -March 10 Stony Brook FAU Softball Stadium 7-0 Leddy (7-6) Pechin (0-1) None 59 11-11 -March 13 Butler EddieCMoore ComplexClearwater, FL 3-2 Vargas (5-4) Graves (0-1) None 103 12-11 -March 14 Eastern Illinois EddieCMoore Complex 7-5 Leddy (8-6) Coffman (0-1) None 167 13-11 -March 15 Towson EddieCMoore Complex 1-0 O'Byrne (1-1) Johnson (0-1) Leddy (2) 85 14-11 -March 15 Wichita State EddieCMoore Complex 6-4 Vargas (6-4) Mcdonald (0-1) None 50 15-11 -March 16 Purdue EddieCMoore Complex 3-0 Leddy (9-6) Moody (0-1) None 116 16-11 -March 16 Chattanooga EddieCMoore Complex 5-1 O'Byrne (2-1) Hudson (0-1) None 53 17-11 -March 17 Florida Gulf Coast EddieCMoore Complex 3-2 Vargas (7-4) White (0-1) None 123 18-11 -March 23 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 11-1 Leddy (10-6) Eyre (0-1) None 127 19-11 1-0March 23 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 5-0 Vargas (8-4) Malicki (0-1) None 127 20-11 2-0March 24 at Purdue Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, IN 7-0 Leddy (11-6) McConnell (0-1) None 131 21-11 3-0March 30 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball StadiumMacomb, IL 12-0(5) Leddy (12-6) Ira (0-1) None 112 22-11 4-0March 31 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium 10-7 Vargas (9-4) Rodriguez (0-1) Leddy (3) 91 23-11 5-0March 31 at Western Illinois Mary Ellen McKee Softball Stadium 5-4 Leddy (13-6) Carlin (0-1) None 130 24-11 6-0April (12-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecordApril 5 at Seattle Logan Field at SU ParkSeattle, WA 8-1 Leddy (14-6) Nance (0-1) None 96 25-11 -April 5 at Seattle Logan Field at SU Park 9-7 Vargas (10-4) Larkins (0-1) O'Byrne (1) 112 26-11 -April 6 Santa Clara Logan Field at SU Park 9-1(5) Leddy (15-6) Kim (0-1) None 93 27-11 -April 7 Portland State Logan Field at SU Park 2-1 O'Byrne (3-1) Parrish (0-1) Vargas (1) 92 28-11 -April 14 South Dakota State Tharaldson ParkFargo, ND 5-0 Leddy (16-6) Conard (0-1) None 306 29-11 7-0April 14 South Dakota State Tharaldson Park 1-0 Vargas (11-4) DeMarais (0-1) None 306 30-11 8-0April 15 South Dakota State Tharaldson Park 2-6 Conard (1-0) Leddy (16-7) None 50 30-12 8-1April 19 at South Dakota Nygaard FieldVermillion, SD 2-0(8) Leddy (17-7) Devers (0-1) None 31-12 9-1April 19 at South Dakota Nygaard Field 10-0(5) Vargas (12-4) Durham (0-1) None 150 32-12 10-1April 20 at South Dakota Nygaard Field 7-0 Leddy (18-7) Devers (0-1) None 200 33-12 11-1April 24 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Canceled 33-12 -April 24 at Minnesota Minneapolis, MN Canceled 33-12 -April 26 Omaha Tharaldson Park 8-1 Leddy (19-7) Millington (0-1) None 121 34-12 12-1April 26 Omaha Tharaldson Park 11-0(5) Vargas (13-4) Jones (0-1) None 121 35-12 13-1April 27 Omaha Tharaldson Park 15-0(5) Leddy (20-7) Millington (0-1) None 204 36-12 14-1May (2-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Summit LeagueRecordMay 4 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 3-0 Leddy (21-7) Jones (0-1) None 453 37-12 15-1May 4 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 14-0(5) Vargas (14-4) Pica (0-1) None 453 38-12 16-1May 5 North Dakota Tharaldson Park 4-6 Rosas (1-0) O'Byrne (2-2) Jones (1) 348 38-13 16-2Postseason (4-3) (4-1) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Summit LeagueTRecordMay 10 (4) South Dakota State (1) Tharaldson ParkFargo, ND 6-3 Leddy (22-7) Conard (0-1) None 311 39-13 1-0May 10 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 1-10(5) Devers (1-0) Leddy (23-8) None 336 39-14 1-1May 10 (4) South Dakota State (1) Tharaldson Park 5-0 Vargas (15-4) Conard (0-1) None 336 40-14 2-1May 11 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 6-0 Vargas (16-4) Devers (0-1) None 341 41-14 3-1May 11 (2) South Dakota (1) Tharaldson Park 3-1 Vargas (17-4) Durham (0-1) None 341 42-14 4-1 (0-2) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance OverallRecord Minneapolis RegionalRecordMay 17 at (7) #12 Minnesota Jane Sage Cowles StadiumMinneapolis, MN 0-3 Fiser (1-0) Leddy (23-9) None 1158 42-15 0-1May 18 #25 Drake Jane Sage Cowles Stadium 0-8(5) Newman (1-0) Vargas (17-5) None 994 42-16 0-2

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